Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[delder2009]

cockerel Pullet These are project lavender cuckoo . I thought I would share my progress . I will post on the project thread also .

very beautiful. Can I ask how you get that coloring? What do you breed?

 

[jerryse]

very beautiful. Can I ask how you get that coloring? What do you breed?

Add barring to lavender then back to lavender .

 

[hotlipshens]

Here is a picture of a splash Ameraucana pullet my little broody Silkie hatched for me about two months old. She is a lot lighter than the pictures suggest--she is almost snow white with pale splashes. It is very pretty. Her legs are not really slate--they are almost blue. Their blueness doesn't show in the picture, probably because they picked up the yellow tones from the camera flash and the floor.

What color is considered "ideal" for splash? Since splash is a white, I wonder if the lighter color is more correct? What breeds allow splash varieties? I want to look up the description of splash in the SOP for a breeds that recognize the color.

Silkies allow splash - my fav am color - wish it were accepted!

 

[dstokely]

Add barring to lavender then back to lavender .

How long does this take, or how many generations?

 

[dstokely]

Here is a picture of a splash Ameraucana pullet my little broody Silkie hatched for me about two months old. She is a lot lighter than the pictures suggest--she is almost snow white with pale splashes. It is very pretty. Her legs are not really slate--they are almost blue. Their blueness doesn't show in the picture, probably because they picked up the yellow tones from the camera flash and the floor.

What color is considered "ideal" for splash? Since splash is a white, I wonder if the lighter color is more correct? What breeds allow splash varieties? I want to look up the description of splash in the SOP for a breeds that recognize the color.

She is beautiful. Is this out of your P. Smith group?

 

[jajeanpierre]

She is beautiful. Is this out of your P. Smith group?

Her parents are from the chicks I bought last year from Paul Smith. She's really quite stunning--she's the whitest splash I've ever had.

 

[jerryse]

How long does this take, or how many generations?

Well I have over 5 generations in these . I had 3 separate lines and then combined them . So for a do it yourself project from scratch . Barred rock rooster or any barred breed over lavender hens . First generation all black with barring . Males 1copy of barring . Breed back to lavender . If you use a cockerel on lavender hens then 50% lavender 50% black of those 50% will be barred . Keep going back to Ameraucana in each generation to get better Ameraucana traits . In 5 generations they will breed true most of the time . To get a rooster with 2 barring genes you have to breed barred to barred . 50% of the males will have 2 barring genes . Not the simple answer you expected .

 

[dstokely]

Well I have over 5 generations in these . I had 3 separate lines and then combined them . So for a do it yourself project from scratch . Barred rock rooster or any barred breed over lavender hens . First generation all black with barring . Males 1copy of barring . Breed back to lavender . If you use a cockerel on lavender hens then 50% lavender 50% black of those 50% will be barred . Keep going back to Ameraucana in each generation to get better Ameraucana traits . In 5 generations they will breed true most of the time . To get a rooster with 2 barring genes you have to breed barred to barred . 50% of the males will have 2 barring genes . Not the simple answer you expected .

No, I did not expect it to be simple and I have a lot of respect for those of you that have the patience to do this. Patience is not one of my virtues, so it is best that I wait until you few have figured it out. Then I get to experience the joy that comes from the resulting birds, such as my wonderful flock of Ameraucanas that I know you had a part in developing. I was always one of those kids that had to ask how or why. Do you have the picture in your mind before you start, or do you adjust as you go along? Are these going to be blue egg layers? If I am asking too many questions, I apologize.

 

[CackleJoy]

Well I have over 5 generations in these . I had 3 separate lines and then combined them . So for a do it yourself project from scratch . Barred rock rooster or any barred breed over lavender hens . First generation all black with barring . Males 1copy of barring . Breed back to lavender . If you use a cockerel on lavender hens then 50% lavender 50% black of those 50% will be barred . Keep going back to Ameraucana in each generation to get better Ameraucana traits . In 5 generations they will breed true most of the time . To get a rooster with 2 barring genes you have to breed barred to barred . 50% of the males will have 2 barring genes . Not the simple answer you expected .

This is very interesting! I have Lavender Cuckoo 100% English Orpingtons and they are so pretty that I'm thinking about trying it with the Ameraucana's. I got lucky and just hatched eggs from someone else's hard work with the Orps. With the Ameraucana's I'll have to do all the work myself and I find I'm looking forward to the learning process.

I have one hen we bred - a BR rooster - that is a complete EE but I have her in the pen with an AM cockerel (black). I'm hoping out of the chicks I get a good single barred cuckoo cockerel. This cockerel will be 1/2+ Ameraucana with more traits going for it than against it. I'm not sure he will be any good for breeding but I'm hopeful.

The EE pullet is pictured here - her yellow feet are a dead give-away Anyway, she lays a nice green egg so I'm hoping that by breeding her to a Black AM, I will get a good cuckoo cockerel with some good Ameraucana traits that I can start a project with. I'd like a good black cuckoo that I can breed with the Lav's. Even if it takes me a couple years of work to get the right cockerel I'm willing to be patient. I also plan to buy a good line of Lav's for the project so I'm not wasting time that way. I know it's not an SOP color but it would be so pretty!

 

[jerryse]

No, I did not expect it to be simple and I have a lot of respect for those of you that have the patience to do this. Patience is not one of my virtues, so it is best that I wait until you few have figured it out. Then I get to experience the joy that comes from the resulting birds, such as my wonderful flock of Ameraucanas that I know you had a part in developing. I was always one of those kids that had to ask how or why. Do you have the picture in your mind before you start, or do you

adjust as you go along? Are these going to be blue egg layers? If I am asking too many questions, I apologize.

Here is a picture of the range of color from my auction this year . The tinted egg is for color reference . Yes blue is the goal . I have the goal in mind when I start . I guess I was the kid that said why not ? I had to try it myself . I remember hearing you couldn't grow seed from hybrid flower or tomatoes . Did it and found out they should have said shouldn't . I had fun with it anyhow .